John Gill Commentary Genesis 29:12

"And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father`s brother, and that he was Rebekah`s son. And she ran and told her father." — Genesis 29:12 (ASV)

And Jacob told Rachel
Or "had told" ^F9 her; before he kissed her, and lift up his voice and wept, as Aben Ezra observes:

that he [was] her father's brother ;
his nephew by his sister, for such were sometimes called brethren, as Lot, Abraham's brother's son, is called his brother, (Genesis 14:12Genesis 14:14Genesis 14:16) :

and that he [was] Rebekah's son ;
sister to her father, and aunt to her, and whose name and relation she doubtless knew full well:

and she ran and told her father ;
leaving the care of her flock with Jacob; Rebekah, in a like case, ran and told her mother, (Genesis 24:28) , which is most usual for daughters to do; but here Rachel runs and tells her father, her mother very probably being dead, as say the Jewish writers ^F11 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: (dgyw) "et puntiaverat", Pagninus, Montanus; "renuntiaverat", Vatablus.
• F11: Bereshit Rabba, sect. 70. fol. 62. 4. Jarchi in loc.